Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Monday 8th April 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
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target=_blank>NASS leadership: Elumelu, Ossai, Chukwuka, Abonta battle for House Minority Leader
Wase withdraws from Speakership race, to run with Gbajabiamila As the race for presiding officers within the ranks of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the National Assembly heightens, members of the opposition parties, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are also neck deep in the campaign to produce their leaders.
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target=_blank>Innoson to GTB: Convert N8.7bn judgement debt to shares
Owing to the inability of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) to comply with the Supreme Court’s judgement ordering it to pay N8.7 billion to Innoson Nigeria Ltd., the company has asked the bank to convert the said sum or part of it to shares for its benefit. This was contained in a statement issued yesterday by
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target=_blank>RMAFC probes banks over N33bn stamp duty collections
Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), in conjunction with forensic audit firms, is launching a probe on Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) that collected stamp duty and withheld remittance put at N33 billion. The probe, expected to commence soon, would involve forensic investigation of the funds collected as stamp duty by 22 banks from 2000
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target=_blank>Over 20m bags of foreign rice smuggled into Nigeria in 3 months –RIPAN
Over 1 million metric tons of rice ( about 20 million bags of 50kg foreign rice) are currently in Nigeria market, smuggled through international boarder routes in the last 3 months , Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN) has said. The security agents, especially the Nigeria Customs Service( NCS) are helpless, doing less than expected
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target=_blank>Zamfara banditry: FG orders foreigners to quit mining sites
…links crime to illicit mining …declares war on criminals The Federal Government has ordered foreign miners operating in Zamfara State to vacate all sites within 24 hours. Acting Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Mr. Muhammed Adamu, who disclosed this yesterday while briefing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said intelligence reports have
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target=_blank>Court orders sale of firms’ properties over N35.9m tax evasion
The Federal High Court sitting Abuja has ordered the sale of two landed properties belonging to two different companies – Zaibadari Company Limited and Tradecraft Nigeria Limited – over tax evasion to the tune of N35.9 million. The order of the court was premised on an application filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
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target=_blank>Black Weekend: Policemen, three bandits die in wedding ceremony shootout
Two policemen, three bandits and scores of others were killed at the weekend when gunmen invaded a wedding ceremony in Kaduna State. The incident occurred at Kakangi village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The gunmen were also said to have set some houses ablaze in the village, leaving the villagers in
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target=_blank>Battlegrounds shift to Kogi, Bayelsa
The test of might between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shifts to Kogi and Bayelsa states, where governorship elections will hold later this year after both parties settled for 15 and 14 states, respectively, in the 29 states, where governorship polls held in the just concluded general elections, FELIX NWANERI
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target=_blank>Resignation: Kalu, Ozekhome, Raji, others salute Onnoghen’s courage
Tunde Oyesina writes on mixed feelings trailing sudden resignation of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen Lawyers yesterday expressed shock following resignation of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, blaming the federal government for the former Chief Justice’s travails. Onnoghen at the weekend threw in the
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Fanfare over certificates of return
Politicians are what they are – always making a mountain out of a molehill. The recent jamboree over the presentation of Certificates of Return to elected officials by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has generated dust from Nigerians, who feel the burden of leadership should be the primary focus of political office holders and […]
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